Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-04-08
Volume XLIII.---No. 43.
tlemen who want doubtful bills dis.

tlemen who want doubtful bills dis.
counted.
He confirmed Mas,n's story com.
pletely. AS for the note, he believed
he took it off a book maker named
Flash Dick. at Doncaster, on the pre-
vious "Leger Day" a tall, black eyed
man with splendid teeth.
| felt puzzed again. Certainly bet
| ing and the note had had some con-
nectian, but not according to my the.
ory. So home went, told Mr.. Dale
what | heard, and found him evident
ly very doubtful of my prospects of
doing him any good. He seemed
thoroughly worried, said be should
not speak to his nephew that night,
but should take some chloraI and 90
to he'd early, and so he did.
Now | had curious fancy or rec,l-
lection of something read formerly,
that occurred to me when, as I said
just now, l found him prowling about
the house at small hours, and that
was of man robbing himself when
walking in his sleep. This might be
so here, or, which was more likely,
Mr.. Lenton (whom l still suspected)
might, having seen his uncle taking
his sleeping draught, think it fine
chance to do little wide-awake walk.
ing on his own account.
Anyhow, | resolved after tie house
was quiet to watch. was plqued, I
confess.
"Well, l hid myself in the cupboard
which commanded view of the safe,
and wrttchedly cold it was, besides
cramped position to stand in. l got
sleepy and disgusted, when noise
c,ught my ear, very slight, but enough.
There was somebody about. | was
alert-all eyes and ears in minute.
Now, at all events, should discover
something. And then a faint light
CLEANED through the door opening in
to the bank, and came around the
corner towards the glass room. and
the figure carrying it was Mr.. Dale.
Yes, could swear t, his blue dress
ing gown anywhere, for he would
sometimes smoke in it, and-but-
why was it pulled over his head?
And here, as the figure stopped be-
fore the safe, the dressing gown was
thrown back from the head, aud show
ed mass of flowing brown hair and u
pale beautiful face, the eyes full Of ter
ro--the face of Mrs. Dale!
saw her from her shapely head to
the bare white ieet that peeped under
the blue edge OF the dressing gown.
Lake dash it passed through my
nisdAs Hox clever it was to wear her
husbakd 8 dressing gown, knowing how
hesom times prowled aaout. Ofcourse
she took the nights when he slept
tired and of course she mad s-assA'sq aoa
her COMMAND. But he
thought it?
She stopped, opened the safe, took
out some notes, selected one, relocked
the safe, and gave a long shivering
look round. Meanwhile, for duty's
duty, | blew her light out and snatch.
ed the note from her hand. She gave
=. scream that | shall never forget, and
tainted. was sorry as ran up to
her husbands room, but if l hadn't
called his own eyes as evidence he'd
never have believed me | reused
nin, showed him the note, told him
the thief was in The back parlor, and
begged him to'come down. He threw
his clothes on, glanced at his wife's
empty place, then, with look Of such
agony as touched even my tough heart,
he ran down stairs.
She was lying there,the keys clench-
ed in her hand. He franticafly kissed
her, dashed water in her face, and re-
vived her. Then the kneeling, shiver-
ing, sobbing. miserable woman told
all. She had robbed the safe, and no
one else knew of it. The notes were
sent to her only b-other-a thorough
SC mp supposed to be dead, recently
turned up, but idolized by his sister,
and mere gamber-in fact. the very
Flash Dick Mr.. Phillips knew.
left husband and wife together.
The next morning poor Mr.. Dale made
the fullest apology to his nephew and
Mason, and resigned his appointment.
No one knew the secret but himself,
and didn't need bis entreaties, when
he gave me nv handsome fee, to r.
sprct it. And he and she sailed for
Australia. for his privas means were
good. Whether she was good wife
to him afterwards | don't know, ANY.
how, she ourht to have been.